Consequences Quote by Michael Shnayerson

If it can't be proven that mountaintop removal mining is safe, we shouldn't allow it to continue.

— John Yarmuth

“When a coal company gets a permit to strip-mine, it literally attacks the mountain with all manner of heavy equipment. First it clear-cuts the…

— John Grisham

“Mountaintop removal is nothing but strip-mining on steroids. Appalachian coal is found in seams, sort of like layers of a cake. At the top…

— John Grisham

“So why do these guys hate your guts?” “Because they believe strip-mining is a good thing. It provides jobs, and there are few jobs…

— John Grisham

“...the Northern Rockies region is a rapidly changing part of the United States. Ironically, in many areas today's number-one threat is not clear-cutting, overgrazing,…

— Michael McCoy

I went back in British history. Some 204 people died there after a mine collapsed in 1838. In 1866, 361 miners died in Britain.…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

At some stage, as the water tables are dropping and the minerals that remain in the mountains are being taken out, we are going…

— Arundhati Roy

I went back in British history. Some 204 people died there after a mine collapsed in 1838. In 1866, 361 miners died in Britain.…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

From the industry's point of view, the problem is not that coal companies blast the top off mountains, turning the area into a moonscape…

— Jeff Goodell

Too many rocks in the mountains.

— Dave Barry

What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons…

— Anatoli Boukreev

“Well, coal companies create a lot of problems, most of them anyway. There are a couple of decent ones, but most care nothing about…

— John Grisham